Wire head and fastening means for looms.



v No. 873,448. PATENTED DEG.10,'1907.

F. MITCHELL & 0. BBAL, 11;. I WIRE HEAD AND FASTENING MEANS FOR LOOMS.

APPLI OATIOH FILED MAR. 27, 1901.

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FRANK MITCHELL AND CHARLES BEAL, JR.., OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

WIRE HEAD AND FASTENING MEANS FOR LOOMS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 10, 1907.

Application filed March 2'7, I907. Serial No. 364.920.

To all whom it may concern: x

Be it known thatwe, FRANK MITCHELL and CHARLES BEAL, J r., citizens of the United States, residing at Philadelphia, in the county 5 of Philadelphia and State of Pennsylvania,

have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Wire Heads and Fastening Means for Looms, of which the'following is a specification. Our. invention relates to a new and useful means for fastening pile Wires to the wire heads in" tapestry or other looms, and the object of our invention is to provide simple and inexpensive means for fastening a p1le wire within its head, which will securely hold the wire and prevent the same from working loose, and which may be inserted within the head, and locked therein in a minimum of time. i

Our invention consists in the following features of construction and arrangement as hereinafter described and pointed out in the accompanying drawings, in which,

Figure 1 is a perspective view of a wire head and a pile wire securely held therein according to our invention. Fig. 2 is a face view of a wire head constructed according to our invention. Fig. 3 is a sectional view on the line 33 of Fig. 2, looking in the directionpf the arrow. Fig. 4 is an enlarged sectional view through the wire head showing the locking plug or rivet inserted therethrough preparatory to locking, and Fig. 5 is a similar view showing said plug or rivet inserted through the wire head and locked.

In the practical embodiment of our invention we provide a wire head A, of substantially the ordinary construction, provided with the ordinary guide finger B at one end thereof 40 and with the opening Cfor the reception of a suitable hook, such as is employed for supporting the wires in the loom. l

According to our invention we provide the head A with an opening 1, countersunk on 4 both faces of the head to provide beveled edges 2. An elongated opening 3 is constructed through the wire head communieating with the opening 1, said opening 3 being adapted to receive a pile wire D when the same is locked or being locked within the opening 1 as we contemplate.

We rovide further a locking plug or rivet 4, pre erably constructed of a soft malleable metal, and provided with a ta ering flange 5' at one end thereof, and wit a transverse opening 6 adjacent said flange.

The operation of locking the wire D within itshead Ais as follows: The end of said wire D 1s first inserted within the opening 6 of the plug 4, and saidplug is then insertedthrough' one of the beveled edges 2 of said opening,

and the oppostie end of said plug extending beyond the plane of the opposite face of the head A as will be clearly seen by reference to Fig. 4. The surplus portion of the plug 4 thus projecting from the head A is then mashed, by a suitable instrument, and the said surplusage is thereby spread to fill in against the other beveled edge 2 of the opening 1, and thus provide asurface flush with the face of the head A, as shown particularly in Fig. 5. is being mashed, as described, the pile wire D, projecting within the transverse opening *6 of said plug, will be tightly and securely encompassed, and held therein.

Having thus fully described our invention we claim:

1. In a device of the character described, the combination with the head provided with an opening therethrough, and a slot extending from the edge thereof and communicating with said opening, of a malleable metal plug adapted to be inserted through said. opening, and provided with a transverse opening for the reception of the end of the pile wire extending within said slot, substantially asdescribed.

It will be seen that as said plug 4 2. In a device of the character described,

the combination with the wire head provided with an opening therethrough, having beveled edges, and a slot extending from the edge thereof, and communicating with said opening, of a malleable metal plug adapted to be inserted through said opening, said plug being provided'with a tapering flange fitting against one of said beveled edges and with a transverse opening for. the reception of the end of the pile wire extending Within said slot, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof we affix our signatures in presence of two witnesses.

FRANK MITCHELL.

CHARLES BEAL, JR.

Witnesses:

CHARLES L. BEAL, CLARENCE EDMUNDsoN. 

